This is the last issue of Investment and Business news in 2008. The next issue will be with you on January 5.

Maybe, then, right now is a good time to take stock.

What a year. 2008 saw ‘once in a hundred years events’, or so we have been told. Capitalism is in trouble. Social unrest is growing across the world, and governments are being dragged by their populace into protectionism.

But, opportunity lurks too. In fact, right now, the global opportunity is truly outstanding. The danger is that we talk ourselves out of...Read More

As Gordon Brown and the members of his politburo sat and cogitated this weekend, they hit on a formula to do the impossible. They introduced a socialist programme to the world, the likes of which had not been seen since the years after...Read More

The most bearish comment yet from a leading economist; an extraordinary criticism made by the presenter of the Channel Four programme Location, Location, Location; an even more extraordinary and quite disturbing move by a well known High Street bank; and news on a panacea to the housing crisis, were the...Read More

It seems there are two techniques you can employ for judging which way the markets will move next year. You can obtain a piece of paper and write ‘up’ at one end, and ‘down‘ at the other. You can then place a blindfold, lightly, but firmly, across the face, ensuring your...Read More

In case you didn’t hear the news yesterday, unemployment is up. Well, was anyone surprised by that development?

But that wasn’t the only major revelation yesterday. Wednesday also saw the latest CBI report into the High Street. This report has consistently been ahead of the curve, pinpointing developments sometimes months...Read More

As Gordon Brown and the members of his politburo sat and cogitated this weekend, they hit on a formula to do the impossible. They introduced a socialist programme to the world, the likes of which had not been seen since the years after...Read More

The most bearish comment yet from a leading economist; an extraordinary criticism made by the presenter of the Channel Four programme Location, Location, Location; an even more extraordinary and quite disturbing move by a well known High Street bank; and news on a panacea to the housing crisis, were the...Read More